Shoe.



P ATENTED MAY 24, 1904.

No.l 760,870;

W. W. JE-NCKES.

SHOE. v vPPLIOMION.111.111) JAN. 2*, 1 904.

N0 MODEL.

i STATES Patented Mey 24, 1904.

IPATENT OFFICE-.Q

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' SPECIFTCATION forming pere of Lettere eeejn'e Ne. 760,870, dated May 24, 1904.

" v Application ile'd January 2,1904. Serial No. 187,458. d (No model.) v

lTo all tuk/10ml# may concerny Be it known that L'WALDO W. -.IENoKEs, a

I citizen of the United States, residing at Mil'- ford, in the countyof Worcesterand State of Massachusetts, have" invented an Improvement in Shoes, of which the following description, inv connection with the accompanying drawings, is a"specica'tion, like letters on the drawings representing like parts. v

' This invention'has' for its object more particularly the production yof a novel inner sole, the heel endof which is composed of `a layer of felt inclosed in' a pocket and unattached to theheel end'of the body of the inner sole, in

which body enter the nails usually employed -to'y attach'the heel "ofthe shoe to the outer sole, the 'nails confining the inner Sole and the outer sole firmly together.

Figure l is a view, partially broken out, of that side of the usual inner sole with which `the outer sole contacts. 2 isaasectional detail in the line Fig. 3 is a cross-Section in the. line da', Fig. '1, the pocketed heel end of thecushion sock-sole being represented as lying fiat on the. heel end of thek inner sole rather than uplifted, as in Fig. 2; and Fig. 4e is a cross-section-of the finished shoe to show vthe upper, outer, and inner soles, cushion sock-sole, and welt.

`The inner vsole herein shown and embody-Y ingmy invention comprises a piece of solef leather A cut into a sole shape and constituting the'body of the inner sole, (see Figr.1,) said body being channeled from the dottedline y, Fig. 1, which line designates the breast of the heel to be attachedto the outer sole, the channel running along bothv sides of the sole and about the toe end thereof. This channel may be of any usual contour, and after turning back theV channel-flap a I apply kto the body of the inner solea sock-sole, to be described, the sock-sole and the body comprising my novel inner sole. This sock-sole Ais composed, preferably, of a piece or layer of thin leather, which I have designated by the letters I) b', the letter b designating that part of said layer that is to overlap the body and its edge from the toe to the line y, the letter of 4refe-rence designating the heel end of said layer from and extendedl to the left of the dotted line y. y

A constituent member of the socksole is a layer of felt c or other -equivalent textile material thatwill yield somewhat to the shape of the under side of the foot of the wearer of the shoe.'

The layer of felt cis shaped substantiallyv I ingk what becomes of this surplus width of the materialb. .r

. In making the inner solevthe felt c, shaped to correspond Substantially with the shape of the body A, is laid on that face of the body that 4is to be uppermost in the shoe, and the layer. b is then laid onto the top of the felt. It will be noticed that the edges 12X Zax of the thin layer of material of the sock-sole is snipped, to thus provide for infolding said edge about a curved 'portion of the edge ofthe body. The eX- tended edge X (suitable india-rubber cement having been applied in the channel or to the channel of the body and by pressure is made to adhere to the body and confine the cushion c of felt in place-lon the sole from the dotted line y forward to the toe of the inner sole. The portion b of material to be interposed directly between the under side ofthe heel of the wearer and the heel end ofthe body A is treated differently-r1. e., the surplus bx is inturned on the felt, as represented in Figs. 2 and 3, and a facing e, preferably of thin leather and having substantially the shape of an ordinary heel-lift,'is cemented, preferably, to the inturned portion X ofthe edge, as represented' in said Figs. 2 'and 3. This construction leaves the layer of felt c at the heel edge) is overturned (see Figs. 1 and 4) into the y the felt is stilfened, so that in wear the heel endof the sock-sole will not curl up or become displaced.

Fig. 3 shows an outer sole B applied to the inner sole and with a heel C, represented as composed of but two lifts, the heel being united.

to the outer sole and inner sole by usual nails D, the inner ends of which are clenched in the heel end of the body A of the inner sole. When so attaching the heel, the pocketed end of the sock-sole will be turned outwardly, so that a piece of metal or any usual anvil may contact with the upper side of thel heel end of the body A.

By employing a sock-sole in a pocket and disconnected from the heel end of the body of the inner sole the nails used to attach the heel to the shoe may be upset in the body of the heel end of the inner sole and under no condition can said nails work through and contact with the foot of the wearer of the shoe, for such movement is resisted by the cushion-pocketed heel end of the sock-sole.

Referring to Fig. 4, the upper E is represented as having its edges laid in contact with the inturned edge bx of the material b, and thereafter a welt w is applied as usual, and

-the welt, upper, and inner soles are united by a series of stitches d, and the welt is attached to the outer sole by through-and-through stitches e. This ligure also shows the usual between substance L between the inner sole and the outer sole.

I do not claim, broadly, acushion inner sole; but I am not aware that a cushion inner sole has ever been so constructed as to leave the textile material forming part of the cushion inner sole inelosed in a pocket and applying the heel end of the body of the piece of soleleather employed in the production of the inner sole.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,

1. A leather inner sole, comprising a channeled body and a sock-sole comprising a felt body laid thereon and extended from the heel to the toe end thereof, a layer of thin leather fdrming the face of the sock-sole and having its edges inturned about and stitched to the channeled flap of the body of the inner sole about the shank and fore part, combined with a facing secured to the heel end of the thin layer of leather comprising part of the socksole to form at the heel end thereof a pocket to inelose the heel end of the felt part of the sock-sole thus leaving the sock-sole unattaehed to the body of the inner sole at the heel end thereof.

2. An inner sole comprisi'ng a body channeled and presenting a lip extending about the toe and edge of the sole to the rear of the shank, and a layer of felt of substantially the shape of the body, and a layer of thin leather overlapping the felt, the edges of the layer of thin leather being folded about the edge of the body from the rear of the shank along the sides and about the toe thereof, the felt from the rear of the shank about the heel being inelosed in a pocket substantially such as described and left unattached to the heel end of the inner sole.

In testimony whereof I have signed my nanie to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

VVALDO lV. JENCKES.

Witnesses:

F. L. ELLIS, GEORGE W. ELLIS. 

